Is this your newest sports drink?

Training for your next marathon? Drink tart cherry juice, and your post-race pain will be significantly lower than that of your fellow runners struggling breathlessly at your heels. According to a study you can read about here http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Is-cherry-juice-a-new-sports-drink-3F-8627-1/ cherry juice might be more beneficial for post-exercise relief than ibuprofen, acetaminophen and other non-steroidal anti-flammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

In a study of sixty healthy adults aged 18-50 years, those who drank 10.5 ounces of cherry juice twice a day for seven days prior to and on the day of a long-distance relay had significantly less muscle pain following the race than those who drank another fruit juice beverage. On a scale from 0 to 10, the runners who drank cherry juice as their "sports drink" had a 2 point lower self-reported pain level at the completion of the race, a clinically significant difference.

Pennsylvania, with 3 million pounds year, ranks fifth in the nation in tart cherry production. So, if runners are saying "Cherries!" instead of "Cheers!" at their post-race parties, Pennsylvania producers could be celebrating right alongside them.

The tole truth about Pat Oxenford is that she's a crafty lady married to a crafty guy and they specialize in painted metal. He makes them, she paints them. Pat's husband, Ray, now retired from the antiques business, also encouraged her to focus her talents on the historic craft of tole painting. Lancaster Farming staffer Sara Miller, herself an artist, tells the Oxenford story in Section B of the current edition.

This is really fruity. And a little bit nuts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fnDS2pZ5Iw&feature=fvhl